Home bowling game



Nov. 23 1926.

O. A. WADE HOM BOWLING GAME Filed April 14, 1926 SMH Wm uw l gyn/vanto@ Nw NN..

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Patented Nov. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR A. WADE, F AVON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOME BOWLING GAME.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel home bowling game and particularly to provide a novel device for propelling the ball towards the bowling pins; and to pro vide novel means to prevent the ball from rebounding against the pins.

I attain these and other objects of my invention by the device illustrated in the ac'- coinpanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of my inven tion' 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section through the ball propelling device;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. l is a section on line l-l of Fig. 3.

Like numerals indicate like parts in each of `the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I `provide a suitable alley 1, having gutters 2 `formed between the outer walls 3 and the alley 1. I provide the pit l encircled by the wall 5 at the lower end' of the alley. I provide the end of the pitl l with a recessed or depressed portion 31, into which the bowling ball will drop, to prevent its rebounding against the pins. I also provide a suitable cover 32, corresponding in shape with the depressed portion 31 but oi largersize, so that its edge portion 33 will project beyond the edge of the depressed portion. I provide bowling pins 6, which are set up in the conventional triangular arrangement. Near the other end oi the alley I provide the arcuate bearing strips 7 and 8, on which the barrel 9 is swingingly mounted by means of the pivot 10, which extends through the centrally mounted plate 15. I provide suitable legs 3l on the bottom oi the alley 1, as shown i'n'Fig. 2. Slidably mounted in a cylindrical channel which extends longitudinally through member 9 is a propulsion rod 18, having a handle 19 and a longitudinal groove 22 into which the end of the stop projects, as shown in Fig. 2. I provide a chamber 16 in member 9, which contains the coil spring 20, which encircles the propulsion rod 18 and is attached at 21 to said rod and bears against the end of the chamber 16 so as to tend to propel the rod 18 in a forward direction. I provide a vertical channel 26 to receive the minature bowling ball 27 which, when propulsion rod 18 is thrown into a retracted position, will fall into the channel 17 and will be struck by the forward end of rod 18 when the latter is released and operated by the coil spring 20. I preferably may provide a second aperture 28 near the rear portion ot member 9, oi' suilicient size to insert a screw on which the barrel turns to diii'erent angles relativeI to the alley. I provide a suitable cover 29, pivoted to member' 9 by pin 30.

I also provide means for swinging the propulsion device on its pivot 10, consisting of a suitable arm or plate 11, having a bent end 14 engaging the outer wall ci' member 9 and having a suitable handle or lrnob 12 which may be grasped by the hand ot the operator to swing the propulsion device to the desired angle relative to the bowling alley, in order to aim at anyparticular pins which may be left standing.` The operation oi the device will be obvious from the foregoing description and the accoinpanying` drawings. The member 9 may be swung to the desired angle relative to the bowling alley and the propulsion rod thrown to a retracted position by rod 19 and then suddenly released` the ball passing through the channel and down the bowling alley 6 in a manner similar to that used on large bowling alleys.

that I claim is:

1. In a home bowling game, the combinah tion of a bowling alley having laterally eirtending gutters, a pit, encircling walls at Hf' the ends and sides oi. the pit and gutters, the pit having a depressed portion to receive the balls and prevent their rebounding, and a cover extending over the depressed portion of the pit.

2. In a home bowling game, the combination of a bowling alley having laterally extending` gutters, a pit, encircling walls at the ends and sides of the pit and gutters, the pit having a depressed portion to receive the balls and prevent 1their rebounding. a cover extending over the depressed portion ci' the pit, said cover projecting slightly beyond the edge of the depressed portion of the pit, and a manually operated ball propulsion device swingably mounted on the other end ot the alley. I

OSCAR A. WADE. 

